āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
grapple
/ÉĄÉšËÃĻpÉâl/
to grapple
01
āϧāϰāĻž, āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āϧāϰāĻž
to seize hold of someone forcefully or aggressively
Transitive: to grapple sb/sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The security guard grappled the shoplifter, holding them until the authorities arrived.
āϏāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻāϰāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāϰā§āĻĄ āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāύ āĻā§āϰāĻā§ āϧāϰ⧠āĻĢā§āϞāϞ, āĻāϰā§āϤā§āĻĒāĻā§āώ āĻāϏāĻž āĻĒāϰā§āϝāύā§āϤ āϤāĻžāĻā§ āϧāϰ⧠āϰāĻžāĻāϞāĨ¤
02
āϏāĻāĻā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§āϞāĻž āĻāϰāĻž
to engage in a determined effort to confront and resolve a problem or obstacle
Transitive: to grapple with a problem or obstacle
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She grappled with her fear of public speaking, seeking ways to overcome it and improve her confidence.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāύāϏāĻŽāĻā§āώ⧠āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻžāϰ āĻāϝāĻŧā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āϏāĻāĻā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ, āĻāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻ āϤ⧠āĻāĻŦāĻ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāϤā§āĻŽāĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻāύā§āύāϤ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻāĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻā§āĻāĻāĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
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āĻā§āϏā§āϤāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻž, āϏāĻāĻā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻāϰāĻž
to wrestle or struggle closely with someone, using hands or the body
Intransitive: to grapple | to grapple with sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Last week, he skillfully grappled with his opponent in the martial arts tournament.
āĻāϤ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšā§, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāϰā§āĻļāĻžāϞ āĻāϰā§āĻ āĻā§āϰā§āύāĻžāĻŽā§āύā§āĻā§ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĒāĻā§āώā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻĻāĻā§āώāϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻŽāϞā§āϞāϝā§āĻĻā§āϧ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
Grapple
01
āĻšāĻžāϤāĻžāĻšāĻžāϤāĻŋ āϞāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ, āĻāύāĻŋāώā§āĻ āϝā§āĻĻā§āϧ
the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat
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āĻāĻāĻā§āĻļ, āĻšāĻžāϰāĻĒā§āύ
a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope
03
āĻĄā§āϰā§āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻžāϞāϤāĻŋ, āĻā§āϞāĻžāĻŽ āĻļā§āϞā§āϰ āĻŽāϤ⧠āĻāĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϝā§āĻā§āϤ āĻĄā§āϰā§āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻžāϞāϤāĻŋ
a dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
grappler
grappling
grapple
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